TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. —Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=. —Multiple and antiquate spelling of specialistic words, expecially in French and German, have beed manteined out of consistency and due to the impossibility of determining what the spelling whas at the time this work was composed. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY BY R. A. WITTHAUS, A.M., M.D. _Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Hygiene in the University of the City of New York, etc., etc._ AND TRACY C. BECKER, A.B., LL.B. _Counsellor at Law, Professor of Criminal Law and Medical Jurisprudence in the University of Buffalo_ _WITH THE COLLABORATION OF_ J. CLIFTON EDGAR, M.D.; D. S. LAMB, M.D.; W. B. OUTTEN, M.D.; HON. WM. A. POSTE; EDWARD S. WOOD, M.D.; E. V. STODDARD, M.D.; HON. GOODWIN BROWN; J. C. CAMERON, M.D.; E. D. FISHER, M.D.; H. P. LOOMIS, M.D.; ROSWELL PARK, M.D.; IRVING C. ROSSE, M.D.; F. P. VANDENBERGH, M.D.; J. H. WOODWARD, M.D.; GEORGE WOOLSEY,M.D. VOLUME ONE NEW YORK WILLIAM WOOD & COMPANY 1894 COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY WILLIAM WOOD & COMPANY PRESS OF THE PUBLISHERS’ PRINTING COMPANY 132-136 W. FOURTEENTH ST. NEW YORK CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION, v MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, 1 The Legal Relations of Physicians and Surgeons. T. C. BECKER, 3 The Law of Evidence Concerning Confidential Communications. CHAS. A. BOSTON, 89 Synopsis of the Laws Governing the Practice of Medicine. W. A. POSTE and CHAS. A. BOSTON, 135 FORENSIC MEDICINE. THANATOLOGICAL, 293 The Legal Status of the Dead Body. T. C. BECKER, 295 The Powers and Duties of Coroners. A. BECKER, 329 Medico-Legal Autopsies. H. P. LOOMIS, 349 Personal Identity. J. C. ROSSE, 383 Determination of the Time of Death. H. P. LOOMIS, 437